Sen. Robert Peters

Filed: 3/7/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2260

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2260 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
5changing Section 2-1401 as follows:
 
6    (735 ILCS 5/2-1401)  (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1401)
7    Sec. 2-1401. Relief from judgments.
8    (a) Relief from final orders and judgments, after 30 days
9from the entry thereof, may be had upon petition as provided in
10this Section. Writs of error coram nobis and coram vobis,
11bills of review, and bills in the nature of bills of review are
12abolished. All relief heretofore obtainable and the grounds
13for such relief heretofore available, whether by any of the
14foregoing remedies or otherwise, shall be available in every
15case, by proceedings hereunder, regardless of the nature of
16the order or judgment from which relief is sought or of the

 

 

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1proceedings in which it was entered. Except as provided in the
2Illinois Parentage Act of 2015, there shall be no distinction
3between actions and other proceedings, statutory or otherwise,
4as to availability of relief, grounds for relief, or the
5relief obtainable.
6    (b) The petition must be filed in the same proceeding in
7which the order or judgment was entered but is not a
8continuation thereof. The petition must be supported by an
9affidavit or other appropriate showing as to matters not of
10record. A petition to reopen a foreclosure proceeding must
11include as parties to the petition, but is not limited to, all
12parties in the original action in addition to the current
13record title holders of the property, current occupants, and
14any individual or entity that had a recorded interest in the
15property before the filing of the petition. All parties to the
16petition shall be notified as provided by rule.
17    (b-5) A movant may present a meritorious claim under this
18Section if the allegations in the petition establish each of
19the following by a preponderance of the evidence:
20        (1) the movant was convicted of a forcible felony;
21        (2) the movant's participation in the offense was
22    related to experiencing or the effects him or her
23    previously having been a victim of domestic violence or
24    gender-based violence as perpetrated by an intimate
25    partner;
26        (3) no substantial evidence or incomplete evidence of

 

 

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1    domestic violence or gender-based violence against the
2    movant was presented at the movant's sentencing hearing;
3        (4) (blank) the movant was unaware of the mitigating
4    nature of the evidence of the domestic violence at the
5    time of sentencing and could not have learned of its
6    significance sooner through diligence; and
7        (5) the new evidence of domestic violence or
8    gender-based violence against the movant is material and
9    noncumulative to other evidence offered at the sentencing
10    hearing, or previous hearing under this Section filed on
11    or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
12    103rd General Assembly, and is of such a conclusive
13    character that it would likely change the sentence imposed
14    by the original trial court.
15    Nothing in this subsection (b-5) shall prevent a movant
16from applying for any other relief under this Section or any
17other law otherwise available to him or her.
18    As used in this subsection (b-5):
19        "Domestic violence" means abuse as defined in Section
20    103 of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.
21        "Forcible felony" has the meaning ascribed to the term
22    in Section 2-8 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
23        "Gender-based violence" means the perpetration of
24    "serious harm" as defined in Section 10-9 of the Criminal
25    Code of 2012.
26        "Intimate partner" means a spouse or former spouse,

 

 

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1    persons who have or allegedly have had a child in common,
2    or persons who have or have had a dating or engagement
3    relationship.
4    (b-10) A movant may present a meritorious claim under this
5Section if the allegations in the petition establish each of
6the following by a preponderance of the evidence:
7        (A) she was convicted of a forcible felony;
8        (B) her participation in the offense was a direct
9    result of her suffering from post-partum depression or
10    post-partum psychosis;
11        (C) no evidence of post-partum depression or
12    post-partum psychosis was presented by a qualified medical
13    person at trial or sentencing, or both;
14        (D) she was unaware of the mitigating nature of the
15    evidence or, if aware, was at the time unable to present
16    this defense due to suffering from post-partum depression
17    or post-partum psychosis, or, at the time of trial or
18    sentencing, neither was a recognized mental illness and as
19    such, she was unable to receive proper treatment; and
20        (E) evidence of post-partum depression or post-partum
21    psychosis as suffered by the person is material and
22    noncumulative to other evidence offered at the time of
23    trial or sentencing, and it is of such a conclusive
24    character that it would likely change the sentence imposed
25    by the original court.
26    Nothing in this subsection (b-10) prevents a person from

 

 

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1applying for any other relief under this Article or any other
2law otherwise available to her.
3    As used in this subsection (b-10):
4        "Post-partum depression" means a mood disorder which
5    strikes many women during and after pregnancy and usually
6    occurs during pregnancy and up to 12 months after
7    delivery. This depression can include anxiety disorders.
8        "Post-partum psychosis" means an extreme form of
9    post-partum depression which can occur during pregnancy
10    and up to 12 months after delivery. This can include
11    losing touch with reality, distorted thinking, delusions,
12    auditory and visual hallucinations, paranoia,
13    hyperactivity and rapid speech, or mania.
14    (c) Except as provided in Section 20b of the Adoption Act
15and Section 2-32 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, in a
16petition based upon Section 116-3 of the Code of Criminal
17Procedure of 1963 or subsection (b-5) or (b-10) of this
18Section, or in a motion to vacate and expunge convictions
19under the Cannabis Control Act as provided by subsection (i)
20of Section 5.2 of the Criminal Identification Act, the
21petition must be filed not later than 2 years after the entry
22of the order or judgment. Time during which the person seeking
23relief is under legal disability or duress or the ground for
24relief is fraudulently concealed shall be excluded in
25computing the period of 2 years.
26    (c-5) Any individual may at any time file a petition and

 

 

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1institute proceedings under this Section if his or her final
2order or judgment, which was entered based on a plea of guilty
3or nolo contendere, has potential consequences under federal
4immigration law.
5    (d) The filing of a petition under this Section does not
6affect the order or judgment, or suspend its operation.
7    (e) Unless lack of jurisdiction affirmatively appears from
8the record proper, the vacation or modification of an order or
9judgment pursuant to the provisions of this Section does not
10affect the right, title, or interest in or to any real or
11personal property of any person, not a party to the original
12action, acquired for value after the entry of the order or
13judgment but before the filing of the petition, nor affect any
14right of any person not a party to the original action under
15any certificate of sale issued before the filing of the
16petition, pursuant to a sale based on the order or judgment.
17When a petition is filed pursuant to this Section to reopen a
18foreclosure proceeding, notwithstanding the provisions of
19Section 15-1701 of this Code, the purchaser or successor
20purchaser of real property subject to a foreclosure sale who
21was not a party to the mortgage foreclosure proceedings is
22entitled to remain in possession of the property until the
23foreclosure action is defeated or the previously foreclosed
24defendant redeems from the foreclosure sale if the purchaser
25has been in possession of the property for more than 6 months.
26    (f) Nothing contained in this Section affects any existing

 

 

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1right to relief from a void order or judgment, or to employ any
2existing method to procure that relief.
3(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-411, eff. 8-16-19;
4102-639, eff. 8-27-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)".